How low does music go?

Serendipity
Serendipity Posts: 6,975
edited December 2007 in Music & Movies
Was just wondering -

How low does modern music go? I was always under the impression that it was higher than 30-40 Hz.

But the other day I was listening to "The Longships" by Enya (Watermark), and if I'm correct, it felt like there was subsonic bass. Can anybody with the CD verify this? All I know is that it seemed much lower than I have ever heard.

And that is with the sub set flat, BTW.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited December 2007
    Yep. I hear it's around 12-13Hz. Feltit rather than heard it. WoooWeee!!!
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Yep. I hear it's around 12-13Hz. Feltit rather than heard it. WoooWeee!!!

    Is that for the entire track or just part of the song? The entire CD seems to have ridiculously low bass.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,794
    edited December 2007
    Just part of the song on that track. Mostly towards the end at the crescendo. +1 on the rest of the album, Lots of woofer racking bass. Be careful!
    Gonna go listen to it right now! Thanks for reminding me.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited December 2007
    Well, as some reference the last key on the piano A1 is at 28.5 hz if I remember right, there are some pipe organs that can go lower, after that some synth stuff but not anything I really would recommend.

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited December 2007
    I went to a bash one time and there was a really sharp, cutaway model of an AR-3a, with its 12" woof silently pumping away to a 5 Hz signal. Great demo.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,983
    edited December 2007
    The longest pipe on a large pipe organ (32 foot) has a fundamental of 16 Hz. Practically speaking, that's as low as music goes.
    http://lamc.org/concerts/0708/070000-organfacts.cfm

    Synthesizers are another story.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited December 2007
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Just part of the song on that track. Mostly towards the end at the crescendo. +1 on the rest of the album, Lots of woofer racking bass. Be careful!
    Gonna go listen to it right now! Thanks for reminding me.

    I was worried when my sub driver was moving back and forth violently but I didn't hear any sound.

    But my sub is set very low so it's not hot by any means.
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